Coldplay Announce New Single and New Album

Coldplay, being one of the biggest bands in the world, are always likely to create a huge talking point when they announce a new song, a new album or even an instant download promotion, so when the band do all three at once, the world's going to go crazy with excitement, right? That's their intention. The band have revealed all about their sixth studio album, 'Ghost Stories'.

Chris Martin and the band took to Instagram to reveal the album artwork, and its release date of May 19 2014. The band also released song, Midnight, and revealed that song 'Magic' would be the first song released from 'Ghosts'. Not only that, if the fans were too excited from all of this Coldplay news, they could instantly pre-order the album and receive 'Magic' instantly.

Coldplay have also shown the power of social media and the power they hold as a band, as they have single-handedly created a huge buzz for their sixth album via their own publicity efforts. The album is already a hot favourite to pick up several 2014 awards, and many are saying it should lead the pack of contending albums to be labelled 'Album of the Year'.

Despite this sudden burst of information, there's not a lot more known about the album, but it should be yet another classic from the band. Want to know more? Check out the confirmed tracks below:

1. 'Always In My Head'
2. 'Magic'
3. 'Ink'
4. 'True Love'
5. 'Midnight'
6. 'Another's Arms'
7.'Oceans'
8. 'A Sky Full Of Stars'
9. 'O'